Mon. 2/10/14 8:20pm
JakeGould:
No. Don’t use Benadryl. I used to get allergies & sinusitis all the time. Now that I have been using Neti pot, things have been great. I also drink green lemon/ginger tea (loose stuff) and just eating better. Lots of water. And rest. Be well, Bethany.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:23pm
JakeGould:
Also, the reason I say “Don’t use Benadryl” is my personal cheap high-school high habit of taking Robitussin & then drink. I don’t even plan it that way. Totally knocked me off my ass but so horrible for you. Rest is the best.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:27pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- honestly - I like the hypnotic drowsy part of benadryl - it's so hard to get rest when congested - & it is an effective decongestant - but drugs aren't 'good' for you of course. I find nothing makes me feel as good as garlic when I have a cold.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:33pm
JakeGould:
The thing with ginger is it can even be old & desiccated, but in a tea it’s still potent.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:34pm
JakeGould:
Ginger cuts down gas. But too much of it can actually be bad for your stomach. Oh look at us! We’re being like helpful!

Mon. 2/10/14 8:34pm
P-90:
@ Ms. Ryker: The green drink is great (try adding fresh spinach to the kale) but not a replacement for 500-1000 milligrams of vitamin C in the ascorbate form, every 4 hours and just before bed.
@Jake G. & RevRab: Benadryl and alcholic bevs used recreationally sounds like fun, I wish it would work that way for me but that kind of combo just puts me right to sleep (and I'm pretty hyper and resistant to most sedating things)

Mon. 2/10/14 8:35pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
DJ Trouble was promoting the currently popular idea that probiotics prevent such illness...

Mon. 2/10/14 8:39pm
JakeGould:
Also, I don’t really drink anymore—no big life decision, just realized I just don’t like it anymore—but I highly recommend this drunk remedy. Get a bottle of Korean Soju. It looks like Sake, but it’s basically Korean hooch. Costs like $5 a bottle. About 20% proof at least. Will clear your head and knock you on your ass.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:41pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Jake: Soju-do: the Korean martial art of kicking people to the ground, plying them with soju.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:44pm
JakeGould:
Soju is actually not that easy to find in NYC. Like, in some “Brownstone Brooklyn” booze stores you can’t find it. But here in Bay Ridge—and in Clinton Hill—you can just go to most any liquor shoppe and find it. Great, great stuff.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:47pm
Tome:
as far as vit c goes I have my method , not trying to promote a brand either but ... bit.ly... ... I take 5 - 10 g a day in divided in to 3 or 4 doses myself,, can only say what works for me **Vitamin C should be taken in fairly high doses. Optimum levels are at bowel tolerance, the point just before one gets diarrhea and a stomach upset.***

Mon. 2/10/14 8:52pm
LovecraftDude888:
just drink absinthe you'll be right as rain!

Mon. 2/10/14 8:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
@Tome: - that's reportedly what Linus Pauling said about Vit. C dosage. Vitamins are basically either fat-soluble, or water-soluble - & we pass excess water-soluble dosages - that way...
- Because humans are descended from fruitarians - our bodies do not make our own Vit. C from other things we eat - which most animals can do - is my understanding...

Mon. 2/10/14 8:57pm
LovecraftDude888:
all I know is I'm stressed out as hell and other things, told I was diabetic last year, and I still haven't had a cold in 2 yrs....or more...all I do is eat right now, exercise and walk, and take a massive gaggle of vitamins every day....multi, D, B comp., power C. and that seems to help.

Mon. 2/10/14 8:57pm
Bethany Ryker:
When did the German speaking trend start up? I've been playing French string quartets. Interesting :)

Mon. 2/10/14 9:01pm
P-90:
Alzo@Matt, re: Dayquil-used to have pseudoephedrine, like Sudafed. Taking it w/ booze accellerates absoption of the speed by causing it to pass into your system faster & harder. Alcohol also does this for many things including aspirin, so the original Nyquil formula had like 25-30 % alcohol, the better to knock you out with. (Remember the "shot-glass"- style cap that you measured your dose in? = a lot of booze at that proof!) Other cold remedies lime Cheracol cough syrup were even stronger (note the name: cherry syrup [soothing] + alcohol [you know] = less throat pain and a little buzz, so you didn't care anyway.)

Mon. 2/10/14 9:04pm
Matt from Springfield:
Thanks P-90! I figured the alcohol would break up the active ingredients into solution, but I guess the rocket-fueled absorption is the more sensible explanation. Cheracol--I've heard stories from long ago about that one!